59th Infantry Battalion
Killed In Action
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William Goldby (SN 3550) was born in Broomfield near Creswick but attended the Queen Street State School in Ballarat. He was a 19 year old railway clerk when he enlisted on July 20th 1915. He embarked from Melbourne in October and once in Egypt was posted to the 59th Infantry Battalion. He achieved the rank of Sergeant before he was killed in action near Fleurbaix on July 19th 1916. He has no known grave, and his name appears on the V C Corner, Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France.
